Railroad chair and tie



(No Model.) L.'HAAS.

RAILROAD CHAIR AND TIE.

Patented Ma 9,1882.

W I TJV ESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI HAAS, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD CH'AIR AND TIE.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,572, dated May 9,1882. Application filed February 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all 'whom it-may concern:

Be'it known that I, LEVI HAAs, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chester, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad Chairs andTies, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a. plan view of myimproved railroad-track. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of thesame.

This invention has relation to an improvement in railroad chairs andties, more particularly the casting of the rail-supporting baseseat andthe bed of cast-iron; and it consists of the combination and arrangementof parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Referring to the accompanymg drawings, A designates the beda flatplate-and A is the rail-support seat, which consists of theright-angularly crossing web a and oblong socket a, and the uprightsidepieces, a", braced in position, all of the aforesaid parts being cast inone piece.

The socket on of each bed-plate has transverse spaced-apart pieces awhich, with slotted rods or bars B, having their ends hooked or insertedover the cross-pieces a of the bedplates of the track, elfect theconnecting together of the said bed-plates and indirectl y the rails.

U is the base piece or block upon which the rail is supported, and whichis seated in the seat A. Through the chairplates b, resting on the block0 and upon the flanges on each side of the rail, and through the block 0and the bed-plate A, are inserted bolts or rods D D for fasteningsimultaneously all the parts together. The lower ends of the rods orbolts have cross-heads on them, which bear on the under side of thebed-plate, each between cleats c, fastened to the same side of thebed-plate, and arranged on each side of a slot, 0, in the bed-plate. Theupper ends of the bolts or rods are passed through washers E and nutted,as at d. The washers are of an approximate concavo-convex shape, andprovided with flanges e, which fit down on the sides of the chair-platesb to prevent the turning of the and prevent the jarring loose of thenuts d.

F is the rail fastened in place upon the base block, as above stated.

This invention dispenses with the use of the ordinary chair andfish-plate, while furnishing a solid bed, effecting the ready and easylaying of the track and the removal of the respective parts and doingaway with the ordinary ties.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patcut-- 1. The bed-plate having the right-angled incombination with the block, the track-rail,

whole together, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In arailroad structure, the bed-plate and the rail-support seat,consistingof right-angled crossing web a, having oblong socket a, withspaced-apartpieces a and upright side pieces, a all combined andconstructed of one piece of cast-iron, substantially as and for thepurpose specified. A

3. The combination of the base-plate having the right-angled crossingweb and oblong socket provided with crosspieces, and the side pieces,the base-block, the slotted or notched tie rod or bar, the chair-plates,the washers, concavo-convex in shape, and having flanges, the headed andnutted bolts, and the rail, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI HAAS.

Witnesses:

STEPHEN E. HAAS, J osnrri B. BARRY.

and means of fastening for connecting thewashers, while theirconvexities bear against crossing web and socket and the side pieces,

